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Harriet Martineau and the birth of disciplines: Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse (2016)
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Sanders, V. (2016). V. Sanders, & G. Weiner (Eds.), Harriet Martineau and the birth of disciplines: Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse. Routledge

One of the foremost writers of her time, Harriet Martineau established her reputation by writing a hugely successful series of fictional tales on political economy whose wide readership included the young Queen Victoria. She went on to write fiction... Read More about Harriet Martineau and the birth of disciplines: Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse.

Research handbook on EU public procurement law (2016)
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Bovis, C. (2016). C. Bovis (Ed.). Research handbook on EU public procurement law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781953266

The Research Handbook on EU Public Procurement Law makes a major contribution to our understanding of the EU public procurement regime, at a time when it is being implemented by the EU Member States, and of the pivotal role that this will play for th... Read More about Research handbook on EU public procurement law.

Tourism at the Olympic Games: Visiting the world (2016)
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Ploner, J., & Robinson, M. (2016). Tourism at the Olympic Games: Visiting the world. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315674773

Going far beyond being just a mega sport event, the Olympic Games are, and have been in the past, important settings for tourism and cultural change. Hosting the Olympic Games presents a unique opportunity for countries to promote, regenerate, and de... Read More about Tourism at the Olympic Games: Visiting the world.

Harriet Martineau and the Birth of Disciplines : Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse (2016)
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Sanders, V., & Weiner, G. (Eds.). (2016). Harriet Martineau and the Birth of Disciplines : Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315586229

A collection of essays by various contributors each addressing Martineau's contribution to an intellectual discipline. Introduction and Afterword by Valerie Sanders and Gaby Weiner. I have also contributed one chapter on Martineau's Journalism

The Plantation Machine: Atlantic Capitalism in French Saint-Domingue and British Jamaica (2016)
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Burnard, T., & Garrigus, J. (2016). The Plantation Machine: Atlantic Capitalism in French Saint-Domingue and British Jamaica. University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press). https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293012

Jamaica and Saint-Domingue were especially brutal but conspicuously successful eighteenth-century slave societies and imperial colonies. These plantation regimes were, to adopt a metaphor of the era, complex "machines," finely tuned over time by plan... Read More about The Plantation Machine: Atlantic Capitalism in French Saint-Domingue and British Jamaica.

Key questions in education (2016)
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Smith, J. (2016). Key questions in education. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

The media is full of reference to failing schools, troublesome pupils, underperforming boys, disappearing childhood and a teaching profession in crisis as more and more teachers contemplate abandoning their careers. Key Questions in Education looks a... Read More about Key questions in education.

Music, technology, and education: Critical perspectives (2016)
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King, A., & Himonides, E. (Eds.). (2016). Music, technology, and education: Critical perspectives. Oxford: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315596945

The use of technology in music and education can no longer be described as a recent development. Music learners actively engage with technology in their music making, regardless of the opportunities afforded to them in formal settings. This volume dr... Read More about Music, technology, and education: Critical perspectives.

Watching the red dawn: the American avant-garde and the Soviet Union (2016)
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Haran, B. (2016). Watching the red dawn: the American avant-garde and the Soviet Union. Manchester: Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9780719097225.001.0001

© Barnaby Haran 2016. All rights reserved. This book offers the first sustained examination of the cultural relations of the American and Soviet avant-gardes in a period of major transformation. From the formation of the USSR in 1922 until its recogn... Read More about Watching the red dawn: the American avant-garde and the Soviet Union.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* Individuals Living with Dementia : Concepts, Practice and Rights (2016)
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Westwood, S., & Price, E. (Eds.). (2016). Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* Individuals Living with Dementia : Concepts, Practice and Rights. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315732718

This groundbreaking collection is the first to focus specifically on LGBT* people and dementia. It brings together original chapters from leading academics, practitioners and LGBT* individuals affected by dementia. Multi-disciplinary and internationa... Read More about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* Individuals Living with Dementia : Concepts, Practice and Rights.

Tainted Love (2016)
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Chilvers, A. (2016). Tainted Love. Hebden Bridge: Bluemoose Books

'Secre.ts and stones have settled in Hawden where everything stays as it is; the past is hidden, or rewritten. Lauren lives with her dad and Mr Lion after her mother left her when she was three months old. Her boyfriend Peter is struggling with his i... Read More about Tainted Love.

African American culture and society after rodney king: Provocations and protests, progression and 'post-racialism' (2016)
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Metcalf, J., & Spaulding, C. (2016). J. Metcalf, & C. Spaulding (Eds.). African American culture and society after rodney king: Provocations and protests, progression and 'post-racialism'. Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315565989

© Josephine Metcalf and Carina Spaulding 2015. 1992 was a pivotal moment in African American history, with the Rodney King riots providing palpable evidence of racialized police brutality, media stereotyping of African Americans, and institutional di... Read More about African American culture and society after rodney king: Provocations and protests, progression and 'post-racialism'.

The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences (2016)
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Burgess, G., Wymer, R., & Lawrence, J. (2016). The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230501584

This book analyzes the consequences of the accession of James I in 1603 for English and British history, politics, literature and culture. Questioning the extent to which 1603 marked a radical break with the past, the book explores the Scottish, Wels... Read More about The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences.

Reshaping medical practice and care with health information systems (2016)
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Dwivedi, A. (Ed.). (2016). Reshaping medical practice and care with health information systems. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9870-3

Technology has become an integral part of our daily interactions, even within the hospitals and healthcare facilities we rely on in times of illness and injury. New technologies and systems are being developed every day, advancing the ways that we tr... Read More about Reshaping medical practice and care with health information systems.

Common good politics: British Idealism and social justice in the contemporary world (2016)
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Tyler, C. (2016). Common good politics: British Idealism and social justice in the contemporary world. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32404-3

© The Editor(s) and The Author(s) 2017. This book examines the British tradition of common good politics, both historically and in the contemporary world. We live in a time when many anti-Conservative parties and voters feel a profound sense of crisi... Read More about Common good politics: British Idealism and social justice in the contemporary world.